Humans did not accelerate the decline of the 'Green Sahara' and may have managed to hold back the onset of the Sahara desert by around 500 years, according to new research led by UCL.
Archaeology
Oct 1, 2018
14
1968
The ears of male mosquitoes amplify the sound of an approaching female using a self-generated phantom tone that mimics the female's wingbeats, which increases the ear's acoustic input by a factor of up to 45,000, finds a ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 25, 2018
1
40
A lack of understanding of the important role of wasps in the ecosystem and economy is a fundamental reason why they are universally despised whereas bees are much loved, according to UCL-led research.
Plants & Animals
Sep 18, 2018
0
2098
Digital traces from credit card and mobile phone usage can be used to map urban lifestyles and understand human mobility, according to a report led by UCL, MIT and UC Berkeley.
Economics & Business
Aug 20, 2018
0
73
People in Nordic countries, North America, Australia, and New Zealand have the best spatial navigational abilities, according to a new study led by UCL and the University of East Anglia.
Social Sciences
Aug 9, 2018
0
59
While Government-imposed restrictions on immigration can reduce overall migration, they can also be ineffective or even counterproductive, pushing more would-be migrants into unauthorised channels, finds new UCL-led research ...
Social Sciences
Aug 6, 2018
5
190
Differences in social status and political belief increase paranoid interpretations of other people's actions, finds a new UCL experimental study.
Social Sciences
Aug 1, 2018
8
84
The rate at which our planet is warming has been found to be a critical factor in explaining the decline of bird and mammal species, reveals new research by UCL and ZSL (Zoological Society of London).
Ecology
Jul 24, 2018
16
151
People from smaller cities are more likely to migrate than people from larger cities, according to a new study by UCL academics.
Social Sciences
Jul 6, 2018
0
150
Climate change will have a rapidly increasing effect on the structure of global ecological communities over the next few decades, with amphibians and reptiles being significantly more affected than birds and mammals, a new ...
Ecology
Jun 19, 2018
22
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